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Wow. What an ending to the Week 11 Bengals vs. Steelers game. We hope that anybody who was injured has a non-eventful and full recovery. From a DFS perspective, next week will be teeming with fades and plays as a result of that game. As for this week’s injury report, there are a few players to keep an on eye on leading up to Sunday. Make sure to follow me on Twitter for more frequent updates. Note that all of the prices included are from FanDuel.
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Will Fuller ($6,300)
Fuller is returning to action after a long layoff due to a hamstring injury. The problem with trusting him in cash is that last year around this same time, Fuller came back from a hamstring injury and ended up tearing his ACL. I’m not saying that will happen again, but there is an intimate connection between the ACL and the hamstrings and there is warranted cause for concern due to his specific history. Add in his price and I’m probably looking to pay down for another piece of this game (i.e. Marquise Brown). With all of that said, Fuller is an average play against this solid Ravens secondary as he’s a big play waiting to happen. Just make sure to fade him in cash.
Marquise Brown ($5,600)
I’ll be completely honest here: I have no idea what the Ravens are doing with Marquise Brown. He’s been dealing with a (presumably) high ankle sprain for more than a month now and last week he played his fewest snaps of the season since Week One. Adding to the mystery is that this week he went from limited practice to no practice at all on Thursday. As of now, the Ravens have not released their final practice report, but even if they did I’m not sure how much it would help. Brown has been downgraded and upgraded in practice all season long. The real problem with projecting his injury outlook this week is that he was effective on the snaps that he did play last week. Granted it was against the Bengals, but production is production. Ultimately, Brown is a fade for me in cash, but if he’s active (and I expect him to be active) he’s hard to pass up on this week against the Texans in tournaments.
Jordan Howard ($6,100)
As of just yesterday, it was announced that Howard was not cleared for contact and was a limited practice participant all week. I would be surprised if he is active on Sunday as a “stinger” that has lingered for two weeks indicates that there was actual structural damage to a nerve at some point and that takes a few weeks to truly heal. This opens the door for Miles Sanders ($5,600) and Dallas Goedert ($5,00). Neither of these guys are slam dunk plays as they are facing Tom Brady off a bye, but the game script should play in their favor. I wouldn’t play them both in one lineup, but now that Alshon Jeffery has been ruled out, Sanders or Goedert make for solid “free square” plays in cash games for some extra spending elsewhere. However, Sanders in tournaments as he has a low ceiling.
Le’Veon Bell ($7,400)
Next on the Fades/Plays Injury Report is Le’Veon Bell. He is listed as questionable with “ribs/knee/illness” and this is enough to scare me away from him this week. Last week he was saved by a touchdown, and this week against Washington could be an atrocity of a football game. This game could very well end in a 10-3 nightmare as Washington is dead last in player per game behind the next best team by a massive gap of 11 plays per game. Add in that Bell’s health is sub-optimal and I’m fading Bell in all formats this week.
Emmanuel Sanders ($6,900)
As I mentioned earlier this week, Sanders is not expected to play. If you’re in need of a deep tournament play, look at Deebo Samuel ($5,600) as he’s begun coming into his own in this offense. Against the Cardinals pass defense, Samuel could eat this week.
Cooper Kupp ($13,500)
Kupp is apparently dealing with a stomach bug that kept him out of practice on Friday. Sean McVay said he expects him to be ready for Sunday night, but I would fade Kupp in the captain spot and in cash games. In Week One Evans dealt with a stomach bug as well and put up a stinker. Illnesses are nothing to mess with and I would rather be safe than sorry. Conversely, this could be a volume play in tournaments for Robert Woods ($12,000) and Todd Gurley at just $7,000. Just keep in mind that Gurley is a volatile play week to week due to the osteoarthritis in his knee.
David Montgomery ($6,400)
Fade Montgomery in all formats. A DFS darling last week, Montgomery should not be in your lineups if he’s active. He was downgraded due to an ankle injury this week and now Matt Nagy is calling him a game time decision. The Bears offense is going nowhere with Tru-bad-ski under center and even if he’s active this injury is clearly limiting him. Still not convinced? Well, the Rams are third in rushing DVOA and over the last three weeks are only giving up 61 rushing yards per game. Fade Montgomery and this entire Bears offense as I’m concerned.
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